That Steve Jobs Photo [Why You Won't Be Seeing It on TFTS]

Hi Joe,

I totally take your point, of course this is legitimate news – but, for us, actually posting up the image in question was something we agreed, as a team, that was beyond what we would feel comfortable with. Yes, its legitimate news but its already widely known that Jobs is not a well man, so posting up this pretty harrowing photo doesn’t actually bring anything more to the table…

There has to be limits. Invading on a man’s privacy to this extent seeming merely for the ‘spectacle’ of it in this circumstance is not something that we feel we can sit comfortably with. Yes, getting hits on the site is our bread and butter, but not at all costs, and not if it means simply doing anything, without giving a thought to someone’s privacy, merely to get impressions. We are not that mercenary as individuals, thus it follows that, as a team, we apply the same rules.

I accept that you disagree, and I respect your perspective but, as a team, and as a site, this wasn’t something that we were prepared to invade upon. As said, there has to be limits, if only those based on a sense of decency and respect for the personal rights of others, and posting this image was seen, by us all, as being way below that line of acceptability.

The only reason we felt we should make our stance clear is so that we can convey to those visiting the site that it had been an active call on out part not to venture into this territory. Moreover, we also feel pretty strongly about it.

Andrew Tingle
TFTS Editor